Summary
Robson Mafra is a hands-on CTO and serial co-founder with over a decade building SaaS, DeepTech and AI-driven products that prioritize accessibility and social impact. Based in Santa Catarina, Brazil, he has led technical strategy and delivery at startups including Inboarding and Shipix while also founding Surdo para Surdo, an education platform empowering the Deaf through AI, VR/AR and gamified learning. His background spans enterprise and startup engineering—from Accenture and Mastercard to early ERP work at TOTVS—giving him a rare mix of product, platform and operational experience. A Harvard data science alumnus, he blends machine learning rigor with pragmatic Agile leadership to ship scalable, inclusive systems. Notably, he pairs entrepreneurial vision with regular hands-on coding, preferring to prototype high-impact features himself rather than delegate them.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at UniSociesc Centro Universitário
Information Systems Technology, Information Systems Technology at Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
Computational Thinking and Data Science, Computational Thinking and Data Science at MITx Courses
Data Science: Machine Learning, Data Science: Machine Learning at Harvard University
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná
Portuguese, English, Italian, French, libras (brazilian sign language)